And take heed
to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with
surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so
that day come upon you unawares.- - Luke 21:34

In a day when judgments are soon to come
upon the earth, we are often warned by doctors that we
eat too much---and that we worry too much. More of us
suffer from mental illness than suffer from major
physical illnesses.

In our self-centered lives, even those
who are professing believers are prone to think they will hear the
trumpets of woe in time to do something about all this.
But at that time, it will be too late!

The voice of God is a quiet voice. The
voice of God's love and grace is constant—never
strident, never compulsive. God has sent His messengers to
every generation. He has spoken urgently and
faithfully through His prophets; through the concerns of
preachers and evangelists; even through the sweet voices
of the gospel singers. Further, God has spoken
through witnessing men and women: plain, sincere,
loving men and women transformed by a spiritual birth
which is from above.

This is the voice of God we hear in this
day of grace—the voice of the Savior calling
wandering sinners home.
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